Tag and tag fastener



Dec. 4, 1934.

5. WEISS TAG AND TAG FASTENER Filed June 26, 1954 4 INVENTOR;

Sam 2 L W4 L55 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 4, 1934 PATENT OFFICE UNITEDSTATES My invention relates to improvements in tags and tag fasteners,and it consists in the novel features which are hereinafter described.

One of the objects of myinvention is to pro- 1 5 duce a fabric tag witha perfected means for fastening the same to a garment or a piece oflinen in a way to prevent the accidental disengagement of the garmentfrom the fastener.

Another object of my invention is to prevent the laceration of the handsof operators and the mutilation of the fabrics of garments'by protrudingsharp points on the fastener.

A further object is to reduce the size of the tag to a minimum.

A still other object of my invention is to have my improved tag and tagfastener simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

I attain these objects by the tag and tag fastener, several forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, or by any mechanicalequivalent or obvious modification of the same.

' In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one form of my tag and tag fastenerlooking from right to left in Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the directionof the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another form of my tag and tag fastenerlooking from right to left in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a section on either the line 44 of Fig. 3 or on the line 44 ofFig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4, looking in the directionof the arrows.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views:

In the form of my tag and tag fastener shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the tag 21is secured to the outer side of the prong 23 of the metal fastener 22-23by means of rivets 24 and 25; the deflector 26 has the shape of a halfcup, as shown in Fig. 2, and is slitted at the lower end thereof fromthe metal of the prong 23, leaving an opening 29 between said deflector26 and the rear of the prong 23 at the adjacent part of the latter.

The piercing tongue 2'7 is slitted from the prong 22 leaving therein anopening 28.

A fabric 31 is placed between the two prongs, whereupon the latter arepressed towards each other, causing the tongue 27 to pierce the fabric31 and then to be deflected by the half cup 26 and directed through theopening 29 into the space pointed end of the tongue 27 30 enclosedbetween the inner side of the tag 21 and the outer side of the prong 23.

In this way the part of the tag, 21 which is adjacent to the space 29serves as a shield for the to prevent injury to persons and garments. I

In the form of my tag and tag fastener shown in Figs. 3, '4 and 5 theprongs 32 are identical in shape and each of the prongs is coveredexteriorly by the tag 31, the ends 31a of which overlap the body of theprong. The tongues 37 are disposed '75 each opposite a correspondingdeflector 36 in the opposite prong.

The deflectors 36 are similar to the deflector 26 of Fig. 2.

A garment may be placed with a portion there- W of extending into thespace between the prongs 32. The prongs are then pressed towards eachother until the tongues 37 pierce the garment and are deflected each bythe opposite deflector 36 into a position between the inner side of thetag 31 and 5 the outer side of the adjacent prong.

The tag and tag fastener shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may be modified bycovering both prongs 22 and 23 with the tag 21, as by raising the lowerend of the tag 21 in Fig. 2 and placing it against the 1 outer side ofthe prong 22 and then riveting the tag thereto, and leaving the otherfeatures of the tag and fastener of Figs. 1 and 2 unchanged. 1

Many other changes may be made in my tag i and tag fastener withoutdeparting from the 1 main scope of my invention, and parts of myinvention may be used without other parts.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as shown in thedrawing; but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents andobvious modiflcations of the same within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a tag and tag fastener a pair of prongs, a piercing tongue on oneof said prongs, whereby to pierce a fabric, a tag portion secured to theother of said prongs in a way to cover the outer side of the latter, adeflector means on said other prong extending outwardly therefromtowards said tag portion, which is stretched thereover leaving a spacebetween said tag portion and a part of the outer side of said otherprong, and said other prong having therein an opening adjacent saiddeflector means, for said tongue to pass therethrough, whereby, whensaid prongs are pressed towards each other, said tongue is deflectedinto a position in the space between the outer side of said other prongand the inner side of the tag portion adjacent thereto.

2. In a tag and tag fastener a pair of prongs, a piercing tongue on oneof said prongs, whereby to pierce a fabric, a tag portion secured toboth prongs in a way to cover the outer sides of the latter, a deflectormeans on the other of said prongs extending outwardly therefrom towardsthe adjacent tag portion, which is stretched thereover leaving a spacebetween said tag portion and a part of the outer side of said otherprong, and said other prong having therein an opening adjacent saiddeflector means, for said tongue to pass therethrough, whereby, whensaid prongs are pressed towards each other, said tongue is deflectedinto a position in the space between the outer side of the oppositeprong and the inner side of the tag portion adjacent thereto.

3. In a tag and tag fastener a pair of prongs, a piercing tongue on eachof said prongs, whereby to pierce a fabric, a tag portion secured toboth prongs in a way to cover the outer sides of the same, a deflectormeans on each of said prongs disposed opposite the piercing tongue inthe other prong, and each of said prongs having therein an openingadjacent the deflecting means thereon, for the tongue of the other prongto pass therethrough, whereby, when said prongs are pressed towards eachother, each of said tongues is deflected into a position between theouter side of the opposite prong and the inner side of the tag portionadjacent thereto.

4. In a tag and tag fastener a pair of prongs, a piercing tongue on eachof said prongs, whereby to pierce a fabric, a tag portion secured tosaid fastener, a curved deflector on each of said prongs disposedopposite the piercing tongue in the other prong, whereby, when saidprongs are pressed towards each other, the outer end of each of saidtongues is deflected by the corresponding deflector on the other pronginto a position which is substantially parallel to the latter.

SAMUEL WEISS.

